Multiple people have been arrested after a series of violent alleged incidents in the notorious remote aboriginal community of Wadeye in the Northern Territory.
The Northern Territory Police Force said officers received reports of an alleged carjacking at 7am on Saturday where two women in a Toyota HiLux were allegedly surrounded by six males at the intersection of Pultchen Street and Banthan Street.
The attackers, who police say were armed with rocks and “edged weapons”, allegedly smashed two of the vehicle’s windows, demanded the car keys, threw the women out of the vehicle and drove off.
Then at 3.30pm, while police were investigating the incident, the HiLux was allegedly driven at officers multiple times, and each time rocks and edged weapons, believed to be spears, were thrown at officers.
A short time later police recovered the vehicle, and that evening arrested five youths and one adult.
Another five alleged violent offenders were also identified and arrested in relation to other alleged serious violence offences involving “edged weapons and crossbows” in relation to unrelated incidents.
Investigations are ongoing.
The alleged incidents were the latest in a series of disturbances to break out in Wadeye in recent months, including a series of brawls, each involving hundreds of combatants, many armed, in December, January and February.
Clan tensions are believed to be behind the weeks-long outbreak of violence, sparking calls for members of the 28 clans that make up Wadeye’s population of about 2,000 to be relocated to their tribal homelands.
Header image: Wadeye Police Station (9News).
